As many of you know there have been several glitches in the software, with more and more recurring ones. As one gets fixed, another pops up. We have been using the phpBB software to run this forum. So now we are looking into upgrading to V-bulletin. It should have some better features and then there should be the ability to subscribe to your postings too, which never worked here. We will possibly be doing this upgrade within the next 2 weeks. I'll keep you posted.

He turns his mind away from those phenomena, and having done so, inclines his mind to the property of deathlessness: 'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.' (Jhana Sutta - Thanissaro Bhikkhu translation)

Although you may have to join to see the full effect of the features. The security code for the skyscraper forum shows a picture where you must enter a sentence to register; which should prevent a lot of spammers.

Ñāṇa wrote:My goodness -- there's a forum for skyscraper enthusiasts!... And it has 3096 current active users online!...

But, of course! Skyscrapers are cool.

1. They are beautiful.2. They are an efficient use of land.3. They are an efficient use of resources.4. They can reduce transportation costs with one office doing business with another in same building or very close by.5. You can take the stairs for some great exercise.6. The views are great.

A good architect must be good at science, mathematics-engineering, and the arts (creativity); sort of like chess.

vbulletin and invision are the most hacked boards . There will be attacks on a weekly basis, so be sure to make backups almost daily.It also means regular updates where admins will have to upgrade the board as new hacker holes are found.

V-bulletin is often the target of hacking attacks, yet it is way more secure than PhpBB.

One can use additional security measures such as CrawlProtect, and follow the rules:

"Here's some things you can do to increase the level of security for your forums:

Always upgrade to the latest stable version. Do not install any unofficial hacks or plugins as they are not written or reviewed by our developers. Password protect your Administrator and Moderator Control Panels directories as well as the install and includes directories using .htaccess/.htpassword http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess3.shtml Make sure the tools.php (vB3) file is NOWHERE on your website. Remove the ImpEx files if you had used this import system. If you have phpMyAdmin make sure it's password protected. If you suspect a hacking attempt, ask your host to change the login password for your web account. Make sure all the Admin and Mod passwords are secure. Change them if you have any doubts. And use hard to guess passwords. NEVER allow HTML in posts, PMs or in sigs. Make absolutely sure there are no viruses, trojans or keylogger spyware on your PC. Any of these could steal your password and other personal info. Do NOT upload the directory called do_not_upload/ Use a different password for each forum you sign up with. Use a different password for your forum as you do for the .htaccess directory password. Update the config.php file and set yourself as undeletable user so they can't touch your admin account. Do Not Upload config.php.new when upgrading your forums.

Note your forums are only as secure as the passwords you use and the server it is on. If the server is accessed then there's nothing vB can do to prevent potential security violations."

This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!Blog,-Some Suttas Translated,Ajahn Chah."Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."

V-bulletin is far superior to phpBB. phpBB while it is pretty great, had a lot of security issues and such (maybe they've improved now). V-bulletin is really well maintained. There must be some sort of migration path from phpBB to V-Bulletin that makes things easier.

Dmytro wrote:V-bulletin is often the target of hacking attacks, yet it is way more secure than PhpBB.

This is true, because V-Bulletin is used by lots of people, hence targeted more. But still the guys at VB are quick to issue patches and if you keep the site up to date and follow some good security practices it should be ok.

“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.” - Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:in mountain clefts and chasms,loud gush the streamlets,but great rivers flow silently.- Sutta Nipata 3.725

The problem is not with V-bulletin itself, but the process of moving the database from one system to another without messing up something. We did have it up and running at one point, but the passwords did not transfer properly, which was a bit of a show-stopper...